Re: [mantisbt-dev] Test automation

[Victor B. <vb...@gm...>]

Thanks Koen for reaching out.  That would be a great addition to MantisBT.
I think we can take this as a goal as part of our new UI effort.  We can
make sure it is automation test friendly.

@syncguru has the latest version of the modern UI at
http://github.com/mantishub/mantisbt (modern-ui) branch.

I would encourage you to submit pull requests against that to make your
life easier for automated tests.  I agree that ids are a much better than
having to use methods like xpath.


On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Koen Prins <ke...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> For training purposes I have been writing a test automation suit on the
> MantisBT application using Selenium Webdriver in a Java binding. Currently
> about 40% of the functionality has been covered and I have a question about
> screen element naming.
>
> Thing is, in Selenium you can use any locator using the following priority:
>
> 1. id
> 2. Name
> 3. Linktext
> 4. Partial Linktext
> 5. Tag Name
> 6. class name
> 7. Css
> 8. xpath
>
> And now I find myself using xpath a whole bunch as there is nothing else.
> Let me tell you, I hate XPath with a passion already as it is certain to
> change often and not even waiting for a version upgrade. I find myself
> needing to use XPath most often with buttons for some reason. Sometimes I
> am lucky and I can use the css selector but honestly id or name would be
> much better.
>
> The end goal for me is to have a working Continuous Integration setup that
> will use Jenkins to grab the latest build, set it up in a new database
> (VirtualBox?), run the upgrade and run all the tests giving me a rundown of
> the results. Local I will then XML all the defects cause there will be a
> bunch that are tests failing for reasons of GUI upgrade, allowing me to
> learn that as well.
>
> What are the efforts in version 2 for naming everything with an id or at
> least a name? Would the dev community be interested in an automated
> regression set written in java (and check my effort so far over at github)?
> Does anyone read this mailing list?
>
> Grtz,
> Koen
>
>
>
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